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Mexico delays decision for section of ‘Mayan Train’ project eyed by BlackRock
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Monday said it had "deferred" issuing a decision over a tender for a section of the "Mayan Train" rail project, a major government infrastructure initiative in which ...
Aug 31, 2020
South Korea revised second-quarter GDP down 3.2%, ticks up from advanced estimates
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's economy turned out to have shrunk by a seasonally adjusted 3.2% in the April-June period from the previous quarter, revised central bank data showed on Tuesday, just a ...
Aug 31, 2020
Facebook partners with external researchers to study its impact during U.S. election
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company sai...
Aug 31, 2020
Blackstone-backed Patria raises $1.8 billion Latam infrastructure fund
By Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian private equity firm Patria Investimentos has raised a 10 billion-real ($1.83 billion) fund to invest in infrastructure in Brazil and elsewhere in Lati...
Aug 31, 2020
Canada statistics agency eyes savings ‘pot of cash’ for hints on recovery
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's statistical agency is paying close attention to the "pot of cash" that Canadians have saved up amid the COVID-19 pandemic as it looks to understand who is s...
Aug 31, 2020
Why Buffet’s bet on Japan could turn on higher inflation, weakening dollar
By David Randall and Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's $6.2 billion foray into Japan's five largest trading houses may signal billionaire Warren Buffett's expectation t...
Aug 31, 2020
McConnell eyeing revamped U.S. coronavirus relief bill, Mnuchin tells Fox Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senate's top Republican will "hopefully" unveil a ...
Aug 31, 2020
Trump urges keeping tax returns away from Manhattan’s top prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court on Monday not to let Manhattan's top prosecutor get eight years of his tax returns, saying the handover would c...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. Labor Department proposes new proxy vote limits
(Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Monday proposed new limits on retirement plan fiduciaries from voting on corporate proxies unless they can show a matter being voted on "would have an economic...
Aug 31, 2020
Zoom beats quarterly revenue estimates on remote work boost
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc beat second-quarter revenue estimates on Monday as it benefited from efforts to convert more of the huge work-from-home user base it has gained in the coronav...
Aug 31, 2020
